Pack for gas mantles

ABSTRACT

This invention relates to a pack for gas mantles, comprising an outer container having a transparent lid and arranged to hold a plurality of individual gas mantle holders, the holders also having transparent lids. The mantles are held feet uppermost in the individual holders so that their condition is immediately visible from the outside of the pack. The relative positions of the mantles, when loaded into the container, remain the same so that an easy inspection is possible and so that loading of the mantles into the holders and the holders into the container is relatively easy.

[451 July 18, 1972 Patton et al.

[54] PACK FOR GAS MANTLES 3,022,922 2/1962 .220/60 R X 3,037,620 6/1962 Douty H X [72] Inventor: Claus Siegfried Nather, Berlin, Germany [73] Assignee: Auergesellschaft GmbH, Berlin, Germany FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS [22] Filed: 061. 5, 1970 135,772 12/1919 Great [21] Appl. No.: 78,058

Primary Examiner-Joseph R. Leclair Assistant Examiner-Steven E. Lipman Attorney--Smythe & Moore [30] Foreign Application Priority Data ABSTRACT This invention relates to a pack for gas mantles, com

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INVENTOR cull S 6766mm Mfl/EZ ATTORNEYS PACK FOR GAS MANTLES The present invention relates to a pack for gas mantles, and particularly to a pack wherein a plurality of lidded gas mantle holders are placed in a lidded outer container. The lidded outer container holds the plurality of individual gas mantle holders therein with the lids of the holders arranged to lie adjacent the lid of the outer container. The individual holders are shaped to hold the gas mantles therein with the feet of the gas mantles resting in recesses in the edge of said holders located uppermost and adjacent the holder lids. Advantageously, said outer container is square.

Hitherto, the lids of the holders and the lid of the outer container were not transparent. As a result of which it could not easily be seen whether the feet of the gas mantles were in a satisfactory condition or not.

It is an object of the invention to remove this disadvantage, and this object is achieved in that each holder comprises a body, a base and a lid, the lids thereof and the lid of the outer container being transparent. Means are provided to fix the lids of said holders in relation to said outer container and means are also provided to orient the mantle feet with respect to the outer container and for fixing them in relation to the lids of the holders and to each other. As a result, the feet of the mantles can easily be inspected since the feet of all the mantles are in the same relative positions.

The flange of each holder lid is advantageously of substantially square shape but with rounded corners and the corners of the outer container are similarly rounded, whereby any one of said holders can fit into any comer of said outer container.

Preferably, only the lower part of the flange of each holder lid is square, whereas the upper part thereof is cylindrical, said lower part being spaced from a central part of the lid that has a reduced diameter.

In a preferred construction, the distance between opposite sides of the square portion of the flange is equal to the diameter of the upper cylindrical part thereof. This construction brings the further advantage that the holder lids can be removed by the user generally in such a manner that the feet of the gas mantles are thus not disturbed, which is due to the fact that the user further tends, when taking off the lid by the fingers, to press against two opposite comers of the square part of the lid flange. Added to that, the contact area between two holder lids when placed in the outer container is a surface and not a line, as in the previous lids having completely cylindrical flanges. The pack thus keeps the gas mantles safer than hitherto.

A particularly advantageous arrangement resides in giving the holder lid deformation means to fit a foot of the gas mantle therein. Preferably the lid has two projections to engage the foot with the deformation means being located in the center of one side of the square shape of the lid flange. Thus, all the feet are aligned and packing is particularly simple and rapid to carry out. The construction according to the invention also allows mechanical packaging in a simple manner.

Finally, it is also advantageous if the bottoms of the holders are transparent. More particularly, the bottoms are constructed as a member which can be removed from the holder. Thus, it is also possible to inspect the gas mantles located in the holder on the side remote from the feet of the mantle.

In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings which show one embodiment thereof by way of example only, and in which:

FIGS. 1 and 2 show side and top plan views of a gas mantle holder, and

FIG. 3 shows a broken perspective view of the outer concluding tainer with the transparent lid removed and the mantle holders body 1 are provided three recesses 4 to receive the three feet ofa as mantle 6.

Tle lid 3 is provided with a depending flange, the lower part 7 of which is of square formation and the upper part 8 of which is cylindrical, the two shapes merging at the coplanar portion 9. Thus, the distance between two opposing sides of the square section 7 is equal to the diameter of the cylindrical portion 8. The line 10 delineating the differently shaped portions is, therefore, broken in the area 9. The base 2 is provided with an upstanding cylindrical flange for fitting around the cylindrical core 1.

The central part 11 of the lid 3 projects upwardly and has a diameter smaller than that of the cylindrical portion 8, forming a shoulder 12 at the transition between the two diameters.

The lid 3 is also provided with deformations 13 at the edge of the central part 11, to be located to either side of a foot 5 of the gas mantle so as to assist in the location of the latter and prevent its rotation within the holder.

FIG. 3 shows an outer container for holding a plurality of the holders shown in FIGS. I and 2 and comprises a rectangular casing 14 with rounded corners 16. The flanges of each holder also are formed with rounded corners 15, whereby any one of a plurality of holders can fit into any corner of the outer container. This arrangement prevents the holders from rotating in the container and the mantles always remain in the same relative positions. The casing of the container may be opaque or translucent and its lid (not shown) is transparent. As a result of the transparent nature, the gas mantles are always visible and it can be seen at a glance whether the feet of the mantles are in good condition.

Iclaim:

1. A pack for gas mantles comprising; a lidded outer container holding a plurality of individual gas mantle holders, each of said holders comprising a body portion, a base portion, and a lid, the lids of said holders and the lid of said outer container being transparent, the lids of said mantle holders including integral depending flange means fixing said lids to said body portions, a plurality of recesses being formed in the uppermost edges of the body portions of each mantle holder, a gas mantle being positioned in each holder with the feet thereof located in said recesses, deformation means in the lids of the mantle holders positioning the mantle feet with respect to said recesses, the lids of said gas mantle holders lying adjacent the transparent lid of the outer container, and said flange means including means associated therewith fixing the holders in relation to said outer container and orienting said deformation means with respect to one another whereby an easy inspection of said mantles is possible since the feet in all the gas mantles are in the same relative positions.

2. A pack according to claim 1, the flange means of each holder lid being of substantially square shape with rounded comers and the corners of the outer container being similarly rounded, whereby any one of said holders can fit into any comer of said outer container.

3. A pack according to claim 2, only the lower part of the flange means of each holder lid being square with the upper part thereof being cylindrical, said lower part being spaced from a central part of the lid that has a reduced diameter.

4. A pack according to claim 3, the distance between opposite sides of the square portion of the flange means being equal to the diameter of the upper cylindrical part thereof.

5. A pack according to claim 1, said deformation means intwo projections positioning a mantle foot therebetween.

6. A pack according to claim 2, said deformation means being positioned in the center of one side of the square shape of the lid flange means.

7. A pack according to claim 2, said deformation means being on an edge of a central part of said holder lids.

8. A pack according to claim 1, the base of each holder being transparent and being removable from said body positions and being provided with an upwardly extending flange fitting around said body portions.

UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE QETWICTE OF CEQHN Dated July 18. 1972 Pat 2 677x28 I fl mlaus Siegfried Nather It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Column 2, lines 71 and 72, "positions" should be -portions-.

Signed and sealed this l9th day-of December 1972.

(SEAL) Attest:

EDWARD M.FLETCHER ,JR. ROBERT GOTTSCHALK Attesting Officer Commissioner of Patents c FORM PO 1mm") 69 1 LJSCOMM-DC 60376-969 O u n (.(WENNMENr Pum'rmc OFFICE I959 0166*1'H 

1. A pack for gas mantles comprising; a lidded outer container holding a plurality of individual gas mantle holders, each of said holders comprising a body portion, a base portion, and a lid, the lids of said holders and the lid of said outer container being transparent, the lids of said mantle holders including integral depending flange means fixing said lids to said body portions, a plurality of recesses being formed in the uppermost edges of the body portions of each mantle holder, a gas mantle being positioned in each holder with the feet thereof located in said recesses, deformation means in the lids of the mantle holders positioning the mantle feet with respect to said recesses, the lids of said gas mantle holders lying adjacent the transparent lid of the outer container, and said flange means including means aSsociated therewith fixing the holders in relation to said outer container and orienting said deformation means with respect to one another whereby an easy inspection of said mantles is possible since the feet in all the gas mantles are in the same relative positions.
 2. A pack according to claim 1, the flange means of each holder lid being of substantially square shape with rounded corners and the corners of the outer container being similarly rounded, whereby any one of said holders can fit into any corner of said outer container.
 3. A pack according to claim 2, only the lower part of the flange means of each holder lid being square with the upper part thereof being cylindrical, said lower part being spaced from a central part of the lid that has a reduced diameter.
 4. A pack according to claim 3, the distance between opposite sides of the square portion of the flange means being equal to the diameter of the upper cylindrical part thereof.
 5. A pack according to claim 1, said deformation means including two projections positioning a mantle foot therebetween.
 6. A pack according to claim 2, said deformation means being positioned in the center of one side of the square shape of the lid flange means.
 7. A pack according to claim 2, said deformation means being on an edge of a central part of said holder lids.
 8. A pack according to claim 1, the base of each holder being transparent and being removable from said body positions and being provided with an upwardly extending flange fitting around said body portions. 